Virtuoso Life - November/December 2007 - (Page 182) GREAT OUTDOORS Ice-cold fun and festive nights on Ottawa’s outdoor rink. BY DON ERMEN Let It Slide C 182 OUplES hOldiNg haNdS glide past in romantic bliss. dads pull old-fashioned red sleighs. Kids dart in and out of the crowds, whipping up snow and playing ice tag. Toddlers teeter back and forth on their first set of skates. Every winter these scenes play out in Canada’s capital along the Rideau Canal, Ottawa’s downtown ice playground. Bridge-and-tunnel commute: Skater on the Rideau Canal. V I RT U O S O L I F E ROB HOWARD/ CORBIS Known as the world’s largest ice rink, the canal was honored this year as a UNESCO
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